Helter rushed forward and pulled the winged scout up from the ground. The poor guy's face was scratched on the ground.
"What did you say!" Haiert and the scout's faces were almost close to each other: "Say it again!"
"Report, sir!" The weak scout said, not caring about wiping the blood from the wound on his face: "Our 17th reconnaissance team discovered a large number of light cavalry thirty miles south of the entrance to the desert before dawn yesterday!"
"Qingqi?" Haiert looked back at me and was about to run out: "I'll call someone!"
"Why are you panicking?" I stopped him: "Aren't they just a few Qingqi?"
"Let him sit down." I pointed to the scout and said to everyone, "Give him water and call a magician."
The poor scout sat down, took the water from Jack and drank heavily.
"Herald!" I shouted outside the tent, and the captain of the herald team immediately ran in.
"Senior officers of the command headquarters, city hall supervisors, and leaders of all ethnic groups, please line up outside my tent immediately!"
"yes!"
After giving this order, I turned around and started talking quietly with Grandpa Red-Nosed.
Feline and Wensley are arranging copywriters to prepare to write orders, while Kelly, Geert and others spread out the largest map we have so far in the center of the tent... Everything is just like when they were studying with Uncle Tenacy
Same.
After a while, there were footsteps outside the tent, and people were arriving one after another.
Everyone was waiting outside, and only the magician was ordered to come in to stop the scout's bleeding and heal his injuries.
The conversation with Grandpa Red-Nosed was almost over, so I started calling someone.
"Senior officers of the headquarters, senior liaison officers, and leaders of all ethnic groups enter the tent!" The guard loudly repeated my words outside the tent. There was no unnecessary sound. The dozen or so people who came in saluted me and stood in order around the map.
"Are you feeling better? Are you thinking clearly?" I asked the scout who had just wiped the blood off his face. He just nodded.
"Okay! Now say it again!" I stood in front of the map: "I want to know everything you saw! There can't be any omissions!"
"Yes!" After saluting, he took the slender iron rod given to him by an officer.
"We are the 17th Reconnaissance Team! We have been on guard in this area. It is four hundred miles away from the Dark City in a straight line."
He pointed at a certain point on the map with an iron rod and said: "Before dawn yesterday, everything was normal..."
"After midnight, it was the captain and I's turn to take off for reconnaissance. We made a circular flight along the entrance to the desert. When we passed this place for the ninth time, we found a lot of reflections on the ground." The iron rod in his hand moved a little to the right.
"We took a closer look and found that there were no less than three hundred light cavalry. The night was too dark, so this was just an approximate number, just a lot more. Judging from the messy clothes and armor, they looked like bandits. However, the captain said
They were in strict formation, making no sound at all when marching, and they were not very tired."
"What else?" an officer asked.
"They stopped here, guarding the entrance to the desert like a vanguard, but they sent people in front and behind to set up defensive formations. The captain ordered me to come back and report immediately. They continued to watch over there, and sent people back every once in a while.
Once. By the way! The captain is worried that there are not enough people, so he has summoned several nearby reconnaissance teams."
The scout added, that's why I asked him to drink water and rest. Because it is easy for a person to make mistakes in a nervous situation, especially these inexperienced recruits, who often miss important information.
At this time, a short rest can allow him to relieve stress and organize his thoughts. This is also true for asking a magician to treat him immediately, because pain will also distract him.
"Didn't they notice you?" Grandpa Red-Nosed asked.
"No! I'm sure of it!" Perhaps because of his power, the scout couldn't help but stand up straight and replied.
"Why are you so sure?" Grandpa Red-Nosed asked: "Soldier, this is related to the lives of many people!"
"It was dark at the time." The scout said, "We have also been paying attention to our own traces. In addition, we did not get close to the range that they could detect!"
"When did you set off?"
"At dawn, because it was almost dawn and I was afraid that there would be a magician on the other side, I always flew close to the ground."
Grandpa Red-Nosed nodded to me, indicating that it was okay.
"You can go and rest. You have completed the task beautifully." I said to him: "Soldier, if you think of anything again, you can come to me right away."
"Yes!" The scout followed the magician.
Everyone gathered around the map, and I had to give them some time to think.
"What do you think?" Seeing that they were thinking about the same thing, I asked them what they thought.
Judging from my military knowledge, this matter will never be that simple. I understood the enemy's intention after hearing the scout's briefing.
But now, I can't say this because most of the people in front of me are still rookies. I have to slowly guide the thinking of my subordinates and let them think in the right direction.
"What's there to think about? Let's fight!" As I expected, Moya shouted loudly: "Just give me five hundred people! Just a few bandits?"
"Okay, you are brave." I said: "But what I want to know is, on what basis do you conclude that there are only a few of them? And they are also bandits?"
"Didn't that wing man just say that?" Moya hadn't understood yet: "There are only more than three hundred people!"
"It's a distance of four hundred miles!" I pointed to the map: "The Winged Man flew all day long. Even if I give you cavalry, it would still take a day and a half to set off. Even if you arrive in one day, the opponent might have increased to 3,000 people.
.A general must maintain a peaceful mind at all times, do you understand?"
"Yes! Got it."
"Who's going to talk next?" I asked everyone. Grandpa Red-Nosed seemed to know my intention and didn't interrupt.
"Mr. Governor! I think..." Mogadi said: "Our intelligence is not enough."
"That's right." I said, "New information will be sent in a while!"
"I think so too," Helter said: "When the situation is unclear, we should first increase the scope and intensity of reconnaissance."
"This is the correct opinion." I nodded in agreement: "Wen!"
"Yes!" Wen's playful smile was no longer visible on his face.
"Go and call all the good men in your clan to wait outside the tent!" I said.
"Yes!" He jumped up and ran out.
"What else do you think?" I looked at them with encouraging eyes: "Speak out! We still have time." But everyone was stuck in thinking again.
"That's good!" I said, "I'll ask the questions and you guys will answer. I hope we can figure it out."
"The first step is to determine the identity of the enemy. Does it look like a bandit?" I paced in the tent and asked, "Are there any bandits around us in the dark?"
"No!" Wadi said loudly: "The only group of bandits was eliminated many years ago!"
"So who could they be? Those with such strict discipline should not be just a bunch of people." I continued: "We can think more complicatedly and think further."
"There are really no bandits around us." An officer who had just been transferred from Big Brother pointed at the map and said: "If we talk about armies, there are only two places bordering us that have armies. Of course Dark Moon can be excluded, and the remaining
The place is the fiefdom of a noble general who is closely related to the left prime minister, and he is Harik."
"That's right!" Mafa also pointed to the map and said, "Look, the connection between his fiefdom and our dark city is very wide. His people can enter and exit from any place at any time."
"What you came up with was just a hypothesis, and now I want you to prove it with evidence!" I'm glad they noticed this, even if it was a little slow.
"First!" The atmosphere became lively, and Moya stood up and said: "We have a conflict with the left prime minister, and the left prime minister covets darkness. They have this motive!"
"Think of it as a reason." I said, "It's possible, let's continue."
"Second! From a military point of view." Haiert, who had been silent, said: "There are many routes they can advance, and the attack is very convenient. Judging from the people who have been discovered, excluding the dark local bandits, they only have
Can come from here!”
"Why?" I asked.
"They are light horses, they should have come in from the entrance of the desert." Listening to Haiert's calm analysis, I was very happy: "The horses can't go very far in the desert. They can only enter the desert from Halik's fiefdom, because from
The entrance to Halik's fiefdom is not even a hundred miles away, and even if those who appear here are not Halik's army, they are inseparable from him!"
"Okay! But there is another question, the most important question!" I said: "Why did they stop?"
"Waiting for reinforcements!" After a long while, Moya said a word.
"Instead of waiting for reinforcements," Grandpa Red-Nosed pointed at the side: "Wouldn't it be better to join forces and set off together?"
"This..." Moya shook his head.
"Moya." I encouraged him with a smile: "Think again, if you were their commander, under what circumstances would you set up such a formation at this very narrow entrance?"
"While on defense." Moya answered me.
"Why defend?" I continued to ask: "Behind you is your own territory. You are in the dark and you have the initiative. You should attack!"
"I...I...I..." Slowly, Moya's eyes began to shine with a strange light: "I am responding!"
"That's right! Brat!" The red-nosed grandpa hit Moya on the head hard: "I just thought about it now, it's so hard for me to hold it in!"
"Okay!" I said to everyone: "Through everyone's efforts, we know what these people want to do. The question now is, who are they dealing with? This requires further intelligence before we can judge. So during this period, we
You have to be prepared.”
"yes!"
While everyone was answering me, Wen came in and gave me a no problem gesture.
"Wen!" I said: "Send out all the scouts you have and search back and forth for me along the border between our territory and Harlick's! The focus is on the route to the Dark Forest Mine, the route to the Dark City, and the routes to various places.
The route to the racial settlements. Inform the forest, mines and other ethnic groups, telling them to be prepared and evacuate immediately if they see an enemy approaching. The order will come soon. Also, I only want information, no contact!"
As soon as Wen ran out, I chased him outside the door, pulled him aside and whispered: "Also, send the best people to Halik to have a look. Over there in the desert, we must find them in Halik.
The connection point!”
Wen nodded and ran to give orders to a group of wingmen next to him. Immediately, the first wingman started to run. Before he ran out of the fence outside the tent, he jumped, spread his wings and jumped from a large number of officials.
Flying overhead.
The people behind me followed suit, making this place look like a bird's nest. Seeing that the people below didn't care, I smiled and returned to the tent to issue orders.
Orders came out of my mouth one after another, and turned into words in Wen Sili's hands. After I signed my name, Feilin then drew a special mark, and it was handed over from the writer standing at the door to the hands of the wingman waiting outside. Finally,
disappear into the night sky...
I ordered the troops distributed in the two directions behind to immediately put on the newly arrived equipment and join forces. Under the guidance of the Winged Scouts, they directly crossed the Dark City to assemble at the border of Halik. The enemy must not be aware of it.
All construction sites on the routes that the enemy may pass through should be stopped and evacuated. The construction sites should be disguised as abandoned. People who are close to the Dark City should withdraw directly, and other people should find a place to hide nearby.
Upon receiving the order, the guards at each construction site will immediately detain all strangers they encounter. If there is resistance, they will be shot to death!
Because the enemy will definitely set up spies along the way, but since they are advancing quickly, there cannot be too many spies, so these people must be eliminated!
I judge that the main purpose of the enemy's attack this time is to mine the mines in the dark forest and harass the city construction. But if it is harassment, they can run or hide after being attacked. There is no need to send people to respond, so it should be to seize the ore.
host.
In the order given to the elves, I specifically told them that the defenses of the mine must be lowered. As soon as the enemy approaches, those who remain in the mine will run away. Let them take as much ore as they want. The more the better, the better.
.As soon as the enemy begins to retreat, join forces with the arriving wingmen to pursue them, attacking with bows, arrows and magic. The enemy must not be allowed to rest, but there must be no close contact!
The next intelligence sent back confirmed my thoughts. There was no change in the enemy troops at the entrance to the desert. The connection point in Halik was also found. They were about 500 infantrymen. They were not even disguised. They were all standard imperial infantry.
dress up.
Finally, the main force of the enemy army was finally found on the edge of the dark forest. They were all light cavalry, heading straight towards the dark mines, with more than 3,000 in number!
I couldn't help but shake my head. The dark world is too big, and the number of people in my hands is too few... I actually let three thousand people's light cavalry run through my dark world as if they were in an uninhabited land! This time
If I fail...I will be laughed to death by the left prime minister.
The total number of enemy troops is about 4,000, which is not much, but the newly formed army in Dark City only has 3,000 troops, and they are extremely scattered. It seems that the enemy is very familiar with our situation, and knows that with just this few people, he can defeat us.
I'm determined.
With three thousand Qingqi, I am afraid that even all the large and small mining tools in the mine will be moved.
The headquarters is in my tent. We carefully analyzed the current situation and decided to fight this melee with the advantages of our intelligence and war-fighting tribes.
I hope they don't know about my special relationship with several alien races. Among them, the rapid mobilization of troops is a matter of life and death.
Dozens of orders were issued again. I knew in my heart that it was time for the Dark Army to make its debut. (To be continued)